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Personnel
There are currently 1, 500 Comandos that volunteer their time for the institution. This site focuses on "Base Central" (Main headquarters ) in San Salvador. Other affiliate bases are spread throughout the rest of the country. In the future The Comandos plan to add other Comando base subsites under this main site so that they are included for the world to see.
Afiliate bases:
| 1 |
Delegación de Iberia
(San Salvador) |
11 |
Delegación de Jayaque
(La Libertad) |
| 2 |
Delegación de Soyapango
(San Salvador) |
1 |
Delegación de Tecoluca
(San Vicente) |
| 3 |
Delegación de Apopa
(San Salvador) |
13 |
Delegación de Puerto Parada (Usulután) |
| 4 |
Delegación de Popotlán
(San Salvador) |
14 |
Delegación de Jucuapa (Usulután) |
| 5 |
Delegación de Quezaltepeque
(La Libertad) |
15 |
Delegación de Chinameca
(San Miguel) |
| 6 |
Delegación de Antiguo Cuscatlán.
(Nueva San Salvador, La Libertad) |
16 |
Delegación de San Miguel |
| 7 |
Delegación de San Diego
(La Libertad) |
17 |
Delegación de San Miguel Tepezontes (La Paz) |
| 8 |
Delegación de El Palmar
(Santa Ana) |
18 |
Delegación de La Unión |
| 9 |
Delegación de San Antonio
(Santa Ana) |
19 |
Delegación de Zacatecoluca
( La Paz) |
| 10 |
Delegación de Juayua (Sonsonate) |
20 |
Delegación de San Juan los Planes (San Salvador) |
SAN SALVADOR
Main Headquarters Personell
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Name / Nickname: |
Age: |
Job Title: |
Years of Service |
*Most impacting Experiences* |
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Roberto Orlando Cortez Cruz "Walrus" |
37 |
Executive Director |
24 |
1989 Guerilla Offensive |
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Carlos Alvarado "Eveready" |
45 |
Vice-president |
11 |
Aviateca airline crash at chinchontepeq volcanoe Aug.95, and Guerrilla Offensive Nov. 1989 |
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Efraín Mendez Solis "Penguin" |
38 |
Treasurer |
22 |
Montebello landslide 1982 / Offensive 1989 |
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Eduardo Rivera "Mayen" |
56 |
Public Relations/Press |
16 |
Murder of 3 students. Strangled and burnt. USAM 1997 |
|
Rosa Arrue de Mendez |
37 |
Health Coordinator |
18 |
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Jacqueline Roxana Jovel Miranda |
20 |
Secretary |
1 |
Grenade being thrown into a crowd of people. |
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Yesenia Arrue |
23 |
Nurse |
2 |
Norway trip representing Comandos de Salvamento. |
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Johnny Edgar Fernandez Ramos "Canival" |
28 |
Head Chief of EMT Volunteers |
14 |
Aviateca airline crash, Chinchontepeq volcano 1995, Three days of body recovery. |
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Jose Ricardo Leva "TinTin" |
28 |
Brigade Chief/Advanced first-aid Assistant |
6 |
Assisting in a podalico birth "Feet first!" It was my first call and the child did not survive. |
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Luis Adalberto Colato "Colato" |
29 |
EMT, APPA, FAHUM, Disaster Specialist |
15 |
1986 Earthquake |
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José Roberto Pacheco Rodriguez "123" |
32 |
EMT, Paramedic, OSHA, S/Rescue |
18 |
Funeral of Monseñor Romero, Montebello mudslide, Earthquake 86 |
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Jesus Alonzo Guardado "Cotton Ball" |
20 |
Volunteer first-aid |
93-98 |
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Mark Hoffman "Gringo" U.S.A |
29 |
Volunteer EMT-critical incident stress debriefing assistant- photo/web |
3 |
Driveby shooting in Zona Rosa Jan.1997, Hemothorax-no suction equipment! search- recovery, Acelhuate river 1997. |
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Eric lorenzo "Negrito" U.S.A. |
26 |
Volunteer EMT/Computer Engineer |
96-97 |
Live birth in back of Ambulance! |
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Carlos de León "Charlie" |
34 |
Ambulance Driver |
20 |
Offensive 1989--Being caught in a crossfire between the Guerrilla and the Army! Delgado city |
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Milena Tevanovic Norway |
25 |
Volunteer first-aid |
98-99 |
Hurricane Mitch |
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Rosa Maria Galvez "Chilindrina" |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
6 |
Hurricane Mitch |
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Frank |
|
Walk-in clinic/surgery |
|
Hurricane Mitch Earthquakes 2001 |
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Daniel Navas "Popeye" |
23 |
Volunteer first-aid |
8 |
Recovering 15 day old bodies in a landslide, what most affected me most was the body of a pregnant woman with two fetuses. Colonia Quetlaltepeque August 1994. |
|
Oscar Viana |
30 |
Driver/Volunteer first-aid |
14 |
Too many to count! |
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Hector Enrique Guitierrez "Chele-Guazapa" |
20 |
Volunteer first-aid |
5 |
Pregnant patient being ran over by a truck on troncal del norte road, The mother was dead; but my uncle and I did a quick cesarean and the baby survived! August 1996 |
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Gerson Stiwarvillalta, "niño" |
12 |
First-Aid Basic, Stretcher bearer |
1 |
Flying in Huey Helicopter rescuing flood victims in Bajo Lempa 1999 |
|
Manuel Juarez "Peaton" |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
12 |
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Jorge Humberto Vasquez |
33 |
Volunteer first-aid |
17 |
The Civil War |
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José Roberto Pacheco Rodriguez " 123 " |
32 |
Rapid Reaction First Aid |
1 |
Flying in Huey Helicopter rescuing flood victims in Bajo Lempa 1999 |
|
Roberto Cornejo "Sapo" |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
20 |
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Luis Alberto |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
20 |
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Nelson Ortiz Cruz "Tatu" |
25 |
Volunteer first-aid |
13 |
1989 Offensive |
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24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
20 |
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"Poison" |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
20 |
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Alberto Guzman |
-- |
Volunteer first-aid |
20 |
In Remembrance |
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Carlos Figueroa"Coca Cola" |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
3 |
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Douglas "doggie Howser" |
24 |
Volunteer EMT Surgeon/Anesthesiologist |
6 |
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Josue |
24 |
Volunteer EMT/Nurse |
6 |
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"Choco" |
24 |
Volunteer first-aid |
95-98 |
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Isidro de Jesus Quitanilla Hernandez "The Horse" |
29 |
Volunteer first-aid |
11 |
Hurricane Mitch 98 |
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Claudia Elizabeth Altamirano Urquia |
29 |
Voluntario primeros auxilio |
1 |
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Edgar Omar Peréz Ramos "Vulture" |
23 |
Driver |
1 |
Bus accident route 109 near Apopa, 43 deaths. October 1999 |
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Manuel Gomez "Guerrillero" |
23 |
Volunteer first-aid |
1 |
Bus accident route 109 near Apopa, 43 deaths. October 1999 |
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José Gilberto Ayala Navas |
20 |
Volunteer first-aid |
6 |
Bus accident route 109 near Apopa, 43 deaths. October 1999 |
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Albert Frank Mejía Gil |
25 |
Paramedic in the walk-in clinic |
5 |
Hurricane Mitch and Earthquake 2001 |
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